Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home with Bro. John Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Blues Hill Cemetery.

A DeKalb County native, he was a member of Sunny Hills Baptist Church, he was a machine operator at Tenneco.

Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Jean Parsley Thomason of Woodbury; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Sybil Gunter of McMinnville; two grandchildren, Amy Campbell and Shane Gunter, both of Warren County; great-grandchildren, Tristen Gunter and Lelia Gunter and sisters, Betty Certain, Janice Pollard, Virginia Jones and Louise Jones, all of DeKalb County.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William Thomason and Vivian George Thomason; sisters, Faye Simmons, Patsy Thomason and Wanda Jenkins and brothers, Billy and James Thomason.